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No chemistry between the stars, weak illogical script, and unneccessarily impossible action scenes. The bits of this story are a well trod path that would have worked well with just some minor tweaks. But if they intended to make Indiana Jones meets African Queen they really should have paid more attention to what made those two films work. Things like the "pet" and the way they casually folded magic into the story sink the blockbuster budget with an amateuristic handling that a factory like Disney should know to avoid. Waste of a really good cast.

First let me say I did like this. After being fed an overwhelming diet of world smashing super heros for the last 15 years I am getting close to saturation. Anything that departs from the Disney family fluff MCU gets us off the treadmill and this one departs quite a bit. No family fluff hear and I think his absurd sidekick may be unique. The one complaint I have is the movie PM is a bit comical and clearly heavier on brawn than brains but on the small screen he is more obviously quite immature and basically kind of dense. Like pretty much the least intelligent super hero/villain we have been offered except for maybe some animal based ones. I think they pushed that aspect a bit too hard. I am only a couple episodes into it so hoping the writing evolves a bit but it might take until season two. Cena does look like the character should and doesn't need a padded suit to pull it off though.

The CGI was fantastic and I loved the casting once I was able to adjust for the physical maturity of the new vs old Paul Atreides. I miss Feyd but he really wasn't a plot driver in the Lynch version either and part 2 isn't done yet so who knows?

To me this seems like a big upgrade in almost every area to the Lynch film and I liked that film too. My real issue is they should have #2 shot already and ready to go next summer but I guess Covid had them gun shy of the commitment.

Cant wait for part 2. A standout SF film when we really needed one.

So much worse than the original. The only good choice was Boyega. I am shocked that a film this Godzilla movie was something they couldn't trust Del Toro with. Death of a franchise.

I am a little biased because I like Kurt Russel, but for all the claims the film was derivative or unimaginative I don't know what people are comparing it to. Its space opera with some familiar, or at least fairly talented faces. You kind of knew where it was going very early and the mind numbing distopian "what if" was pretty obvious. Its Dirty Harry with energy weapons. Not Star Wars or Alien but dialed back to Pitch Black for complexity.

I actually like the casting with the exception of MacKenzie. He is a decent actor but looks more like 60 than 50 and it stands out even more beside a looker like Taylor. I am not sure who would think they look like a couple, especially with his relatively frail physique and neck wattle. If there is a season two a bit more color in his hair and some body padding might make him less out of place but he looks the same age as his"mother".

If shows like Warehouse 13 and The Librarians can have a run than so can can this one, especially with its low budget casting.

To me Ritchie's films have been inching downward since Lock Stock. This one isn't as innovative of course but tells its story well and helps one forget King Arthur. I loved the casting, particularly Henry Golding and Hugh Grant. Golding's charismatic villain almost steals the show. My only complaint might be Lord George could have been fleshed out a little better. Lock Stock and Snatch had multiple antagonists and this seemed like a missed opportunity. Seeing behind the villain's door adds depth to the story.

Arnie was not one of the two main characters but still served a purpose and added to some unexpected humor for his role. The two lead ladies were excellent, not being caricatures or unrealistic superheroes. I thoughtI felt the touch of James Cameron that had been missing for so long, and Linda Hamilton was still able to inject the Sarah Connor character into a place where the numerous franchise revisions of the future had sort of removed her relevance. For a franchise with this many sequels and re-imaginings I was quite impressed. I would be happy if they left this as the end to the series though.

I am not familiar with the source comic but was a huge fan of the Del Toro movies. This one seemed more formulaic than the first two, like the movie 7th Son where all the pieces were there but put together poorly. I think I was extremely generous with *6 rating, but maybe fans of the comic series are more fulfilled.

I doubt it makes enough money to earn a sequel, but if so, find a new director and no more Mila Jovovich please, she belongs in Raccoon City.

The Marvel universe is based on a horde of different characters designed to pique the interests of as many people as possible. The assumption isn't that everyone is following every character, just that people will choose and follow their favorites so the plot overlaps don't dilute the story. On the big screen everyone goes so the plot overlap is 100%. Deadpool and Ant Man step out of the loop and maybe there isn't an infinite niche for other/anti heroes either but they work because they aren't a repetition. I have fished my limit of people in cat suits shooting energy out of their hands. Disney will milk something until they start losing money but we don't have to ride that train with them. Five Marvel movies ago I probably give this one an 8 but today I say just wait to rent it.

And the title makes it clear Dana Gould doesn't care either. Evil Dead is its own genre and except for a movie called House from 1985 I don't recall much else in that narrow niche. Multiple zombie series, multiple vampire series, so why not multiple cheesy supernatural splatter series? John McGinley is a great choice for the lead too. I have to agree with those who say the length isn't enough.They barely have time to tell the story before its done.

Keep it coming!

I kind of think they wanted a little bit of Transporter, maybe a bit more of The Professional. What I saw was a main character that spoke so little he seemed mentally handicapped at times (no exaggeration). The driving aspect was shot to minimize the "car chase" theme but in so doing they took an element of excitement away. Good that they stayed away from Gone in 60 Seconds corn, but they didn't have to go quite that far. He hardly speaks to the love interest, so her interest in himis almost confusing. Anyways. not a bad film but this has to be Goslings most wooden performance yet although he didn't write it so I am not blaming him.

Having recently watched Hangover 2 and Bad Teacher with mixed feelings I was actually looking forward to this film. Having watched it, I can't quite see where the strong reviews came from. Not as formulaic as Bad Teacher but not particularly clever. Spacey was just okay, Aniston was better, and Farrell was very good(but too little screen time for his contemptible character). I am not sure if Sudeikis wasn't carrying his weight or if it was the writing but he was easily the most replaceable of the leads. His lines just seemed like another SNL bit. I don't remember Charlie Day from any other work but he definitely injected some life into the film. Not bad for sure, but not something I would recommend you pay theatre prices for unless you go every weekend. Not as bizarre as Hangover or as crazy as Bridesmaids, but a few pretty good laughs.

I would have given it a 6.5 if there was a way to do it but I rounded up. The action scenes were definitely the weak point because it isn't a cartoon like Lara Croft. Angelina is simply too frail and unathletic to be Ms Jason Bourne. It was like watching adult males being tossed around by a 12 year old and she did it for the entire movie. They could have written around the physical scenes better. Aside from that it was a nice bit of cold war suspense and the strong cast did the best that they could. It wasn't utterly predictable and it is not a copy of the Bourne Identity. The role was written for a male lead but they did a nice job in adapting it for a female. I hope it does well enough in the box office to support a sequel because it was a decent popcorn movie.

I saw this one based on a very positive Rotten Tomatoes review. I usually shy away from SNL cast movies as most are pretty weak but gave it a shot. I actually like the MacGruber skits on SNL. What you will get is closer to the Ladies Man than Ron Burgundy. The character is taken from the skit, but the movie wanders away from even that weak sauce most of the time. The MacGyver spoof concept had some potential but it is more of a bad Naked Gun with Forte's bathroom humour replacing Neilson's Mr McGoo bumbling. Most of the acting with the exception of Wieg was pretty good, but there was just not much worth laughing at, even if you have a crude sense of humour. The is a marginal renter.

I am a huge QT fan so went expecting a lot. My short take is that if you want something as fresh as Pulp Fiction or as eye popping as Kill Bill you will be disappointed. This film plods painfully along in the first half, setting up the later story but not in a slick way like his earlier work. It almost stumbles through the usual QT violence (although less gratuitously than you might expect from the trailers) before flowing nicely for the last half hour. It is like the first half of the film was edited by a student. Brad Pitt is a caricature and most of his band of merry men are not very well developed. The villain is maybe the best fleshed out and most interesting. Not to say Pitt isn't good because you want to laugh every time he opens his mouth and he looks like he's having fun. Not bad by any means but QT and Brad Pitt together set the bar pretty high and I don't think they quite reach it. Pitt's Italian dialogue is memorable.

It started out as a comedy and then kind of got weird in the middle as the main character's life unravels. The laughs all but disappeared, and the events began to get unlikely and then completely unbelievable. It starts off as a light comedy and then gets way too awkward and uncomfortable and can't bounce back. Rogan's character should have been in jail for various violent crimes and I think if you want to suspend reality for that, you still need to sew things together in some fashion to explain how he dodged prison time. Also Rogan starts off as a bit funny and likable but that wears off pretty quick sort of coming to a head when he blows up at work and then he is barely tolerable for the rest of the movie. You can't really see anything that would make the love interest want to be with him much less pursue him. Some laugh out loud moments, mostly early on, but not enough. Bad writing wastes a good cast

I looked forward to this film more than any other this year so maybe my own expectations set me up. From the cacaphonous Jack White theme music through the drudgy first 45 minutes I never got a feel for what the director was trying to do. It felt more lke a straight sequel than a standalone film and may have turned off as many new Bond fans as CR brought in. No issues with Craig, and his female costar was a lot better than I was expecting but looking back it was like an episode of 24, with a slightly more resolved ending. Bad writing or bad directing I am not sure. The fact that he wasn't pronging every woman in sight and remains true to the character established in his first film shows the new Bond is still on the right track but the next flick will be most critical in the franchise. I just can't picture anyone who hadn't seen CR even understanding what was happening in this picture.

I went to this show expecting nothing from all the harsh reviews. I was pleasantly surprised. It wasn't a typical episode but they weren't trying to reinvent it either. Perhaps people were hoping it would be more like the better creature episodes, as had been hinted at long ago. I know I was. A bit more violent police drama and less space invaders. Thank god the mythology was left out(since they killed most of the recurring faces that part was easy.) I bought the entire TV series last winter and powered through it, so I think my head is still close enough to what the TV show was all about. I liked it, more than the first movie for sure, and a lot more than I expected to. I hope they make another!

I enjoyed the first one somewhat. Good cast, and Tarentino quirky with over the top villains but a surplus of the red stuff. I went to Vol 2 expecting more of the same and was very surprised. Reduced splatter, plot and actions explained! This really does elevate the total package to near excellence. I could see people who were put off by Vol 1 not seeing 2 at all. That is a real shame, but these were not originally conceived as two separate movies, and the slaughterhouse action of Vol 1, while way too heavy handed, was meant to be tempered by the slower paced exposition of Vol 2. A solid 8 but allow enough time to watch both halves.

I was trying to identify what made this movie a dud. From the writer of "A Simple Plan" complete with a good looking cast who have enough talent that they are more than just faces(and bodies). Some neat aspects to the horror part. Nothing that has been done too much and not a typical horror theme. But when you get near the end and the climax happens. You know, where Sigourney Weaver is running through the self destructing space ship, or Jamie Lee Curtis character is in a mad dash to escape Michael Myers, or where Naomi Watts is down that strange well and the body appears there? That doesn't happen here. There is no heart in the mouth chase from unspeakable horror. The show doesn't actually have a climax. It's like they ran out of money or accidentally cut it out. I could think of a number of ways the inside of a labyrinth like pyramid might be used to give a film an exciting climactic finish. Apparently the director couldn't. I give it a 6 for the positives noted above, and the fact that with horror the bar is set pretty low. A decent renter though.

This thing was torture. I found myself laughing in areas not meant to be at all funny. Monica Bellucci is not a very good actress, at least in English. The more she speaks the worse it gets. The stunts by Owens character were utterly ridiculous. It would have been more believable dropping him from an airplane with no parachute. I like Clive Owen and I love action movies but the script was just plain corny and it had an unbelievable plot. Again,Bellucci should avoid speaking roles. An okay renter I suppose, but utterly without cleverness. The worst movie of 07 for me. There is a scene in Transporter 2 where the main character flips a car through the air to scrape off a bomb attached to the bottom of the car on a crane hook. I thought that was the stupidest gag I had ever seen in an A movie until the BMW vs van clip from this film.

And not a particularly good one. The animation was better and there was some of the usual humor but it really had no more laughs than most of the episodes. I can't imagine it that it would have taken them any longer than two weeks to write it. Most of the funnier moments have already been shown in the trailers. This is one of my favorite TV shows but as a movie it left me looking for more. It isn't as though they have to surpass the series with some kind of masterpiece, but any fan of the TV show will be hard pressed to say they don't recall several episodes that were funnier than this movie. They did nothing different except to extend the scenes a bit more than the TV show. I recommend you wait and RENT IT!

Not bad except for that hour in the middle:) Too much cryin, not enough dyin. The story just kind of wanders all over the place, like it was written by someone who had never seen what a movie script looks like. Probably the worst superhero movie I have ever seen and I really liked the first two. Too many villains, and Peter Parker's social ineptitude is getting really old. At the end I didn't really care about any of the characters, although the Sandman villain was the most interesting. It will take some real damage control to get people to think Sam Raimi is the genius they said he was after the first two films. Maybe another Evil Dead sequel will make people forget this dog.

Seriously, some of the jokes in the trailers do not appear in the film. I still enjoyed it but the early hype had this as more than it turned out to be. Ferrell is his funny self, but much of the film is a long SNL skit. A bit of the warmth and the over the top silliness that Ferrell fans watch him for, and a total waste of John C. Reilly's talents. It probably would have been funnier if they had left the French race car driver as a total villainous stereotype rather than showing bits of good character and reasonableness. An good video rental when the time comes, but there are better comedies to see in the theatre right now.